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Saints star Alvin Kamara asks for do-over after terrible first pitch before Cubs-Cardinals game
New Orleans Saints star running back Alvin Kamara will not be making the transition to the baseball diamond anytime soon.
Kamara, 29, threw out the first pitch before the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals played at Wrigley Field Saturday, and it did not go well.
Kamara, wearing a Cubs' jersey with his name and the No. 41, yanked the first pitch. The Saints star running back threw it about 45 feet and nearly outside the lefty batter's box.
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The Cubs' mascot, Clark the Cub, who was catching Kamara’s first pitch, had to reach over and make a nice backhand pick just to keep it in front of him.
Kamara was so displeased with his pitch he started flapping his glove and asked for a do-over. Clark the Cub obliged and threw the ball back to Kamara. The running back got a second chance, and the Cubs’ faithful booed after the ball was thrown back to Kamara.
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The second pitch was much better for the Saints star. Kamara fired one, still a little wild, but in the air for all 60 feet that Clark the Cub snared. Kamara raised up his arms and gave Clark the Cub a hug in celebration.
Saints fans have seen Kamara celebrate a lot over his eight-year career. The star running back has scored 60 rushing touchdowns and 25 receiving touchdowns.
Last season, in 14 games, Kamara rushed for 950 yards with six rushing touchdowns while hauling in 68 passes for 543 yards and two receiving touchdowns.
Kamara will be relied upon heavily next season to carry the load after quarterback Derek Carr retired earlier this offseason, leaving the team with a quarterback competition to begin training camp.
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Bobby Jenks, closer for White Sox World Series-winning team, dead at 44
Bobby Jenks, the closer for the 2005 World Series champion Chicago White Sox, died on Saturday at the age of 44.
Jenks had been battling adenocarcinoma, a form of stomach cancer.
"We have lost an iconic member of the White Sox family today," White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf said in a statement.
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"None of us will ever forget that ninth inning of Game 4 in Houston, all that Bobby did for the 2005 World Series champions and for the entire Sox organization during his time in Chicago. He and his family knew cancer would be his toughest battle, and he will be missed as a husband, father, friend and teammate. He will forever hold a special place in all our hearts."
Jenks was a fifth-round pick in 2000 out of high school and made his MLB debut in 2005, immediately burst onto the scene. In 32 games, he pitched to a 2.75 ERA and struck out 11.4 batters per nine.
Because of his rapid success, he earned the closer's role ahead of the postseason. He appeared in all four games of that Fall Classic and got the final out that snapped the Sox's 88-year championship drought.
Jenks was named an All-Star in both 2006 and 2007, finishing his career with a 3.53 ERA.
He retired after the 2011 season, spending six of his seven seasons in Chicago and the other with the Boston Red Sox.
During his heyday, he became the second-youngest pitcher to record back-to-back 40-save seasons, doing so in his consecutive All-Star campaigns. He also set a record by retiring 41 consecutive batters in 2007.
Jenks struggled with alcoholism and drug addiction that effectively ended his career, but became sober in 2012.
Jenks had been undergoing treatment in Portugal when he died. He was diagnosed with the disease shortly after losing his home in the Palisades wildfires earlier this year.
He is survived by his wife and six children, four of whom were from a prior marriage.
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